tic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tic n a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tic \Tic\, n. [F.] (Med.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also {spasmodic tic}. --Dunglison. {Tic douloureux}. [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under {Face}.